Meaning
Slang for money, cash — 'a mek some cheddar' means to earn some money. Borrowed from American hip-hop slang into Jamaican youth and dancehall speech, it sits alongside older, homegrown money words like 'corn', 'bread', and 'dunny'. Part of the newer, transatlantic layer of the language, it names cash with a certain flash and hustle, the talk of getting paid and stacking money, and it shows how freely Jamaican slang trades terms back and forth with the wider Black diaspora.
Examples
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Him a chase di cheddar.
He's chasing the money.
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Nuff cheddar inna dat deal.
Plenty of money in that deal.
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Wi a work fi di cheddar.
We're working for the money.
Origin
From American hip-hop slang 'cheddar' (money, like 'cheese'); adopted into Jamaican youth speech.
How it’s used
Modern money slang; compare the older 'corn' and 'bread'. See [[corn]], [[bread]].